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Last night, however, some area basketball fans took a different approach in throwing their voice into the mayoral fracas, choosing to tear a candidate down for his stance on the SoDo arena instead of propping up McGinn for his.

“Peter Steinbrueck wished he’d lived in that town from Footloose, before Kevin Bacon ruined it. #SteinbrueckFacts”

Asked earlier this week how the SoDo arena issue would impact the Aug. 6 primary, the Steinbrueck campaign was adamant that he supports a return of NBA basketball to Seattle, but firmly believes SoDo is the wrong place for an arena. The campaign also believes, “Support for locating the arena in the SODO has waned,” according to Steinbrueck campaign spokesperson Kathy Mulady.

“McGinn’s planned location for the arena, in the SODO area, will put good-paying industrial and maritime jobs at risk and will slow freight mobility. It is simply wrong and voters understand that,” says Mulady. “We can find a place for the new arena. We can’t move the port.

“It seems like other issues, such as finding a police chief, reforming the police department, transportation and fixing streets, safe, healthy neighborhoods, cleaning the Duwamish and protecting air quality, stronger schools and early education, for example, have surfaced as issues voters are concerned about right now.”